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XFree86 4.1.0 Reviewed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the like-a-fine-wine dept.

Patrick Mullen writes "The Duke of URL has just posted their review of XFree86 4.1.0. The review covers its new features, the fixes since 4.0.3, performance (2D and 3D) and even takes a look at what ground has been made in ATI, NVIDIA, 3dfx, and Matrox's drivers." Compares performance to windows where applicable and to X403. Looks like the speed gains are real. Hope it gets put into sid soon for us apt junkies.

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  1. Great For Laptops! by nlabadie · · Score: 5

    One of the major problems I had running XFree86 on a laptop was having to switch between a port replicator (aka docking station) and using the laptop's display. For those of you that don't know, a port replicator lets you use a standard monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. Switching between various XF86Config files got to be a royal pain in the arse.

    So... those with laptops give this option a try in XF86Config:
    Option "UseBIOSDisplay"

    It lets you switch between monitors without changing the config file. Haven't had a problem yet.